Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$357.12
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$744.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$21.59 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $459.70 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $21.59 | ↓ -94% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $41.20 | ↓ -88% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $43.74 | ↓ -88% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $47.09 | ↓ -87% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $51.45 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $55.24 | ↓ -85% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $58.14 | ↓ -84% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $92.49 | ↓ -74% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $102.05 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $162.04 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $172.39 | ↓ -52% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $204.11 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $251.18 | ↓ -30% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -24% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $307.63 | ↓ -14% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $321.79 | ↓ -10% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $340.18 | ↓ -5% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $341.37 | ↓ -4% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $356.41 | ↓ -0% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $356.41 | ↓ -0% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $367.76 | ↑ +3% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $375.12 | ↑ +5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $386.15 | ↑ +8% |
| all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) | all other contracted care (a b c d m h n o r s u v) | $459.70 | ↑ +29% |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $112.00 | $1.02 – $126.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $100.80 | $1.00 – $113.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $58.40 | $25.08 – $65.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $58.40 | $25.08 – $65.70 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $506.97 | $23.79 – $8,382.89 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $357.12 | $21.59 – $3,119.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $506.97 | $23.79 – $8,382.89 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $258.05 | $23.69 – $376.84 |